Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Playa dust, fairy dust

Reentry My head is shaved. My week-long stubble (beard?) is clean shaven. My skin is moisturized. My nails are clean and trimmed short. My nose is not bleeding nor is it caked with dust. My eyes are not sand blasted by the … Continue reading

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Another Life Event

As most of you know I went to Black Rock City, NV for Burning Man last week, which was when my 45th birthday came and went. Like last year, this week out of time was amazing. Extraordinary in so many … Continue reading

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Of Burning Mice and Men – Part II

This is the second part of my story about my first Burning Man experience, you can read the first part here. I just don’t have enough time to write everything I have in my head right now, and this section … Continue reading

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Of Burning Mice and Men – Part I

Is it futile to write about Burning Man? Yes, well, maybe, but only if you try to encompass it all in one write-up. If you try to sum it all up. If you try to nicely categorize it as one … Continue reading

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I Remember…

I remember that 12 years ago I was working in Dublin, Ireland, when the tragedy hit in the USA. I remember vividly the silence in the office when events begun to coalesce and shape up into what will later be … Continue reading

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Fall planting

This year I finally decided to invest a bit in my yard, and besides the usual lawn maintenance, bark clean-up and tree pruning, I bought for about $100 worth of plants, shrubs and trees. I got a mix of evergreens, … Continue reading

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New toys

Computers: Back in January, I wrote about my struggle to upgrade relatively old PC’s, one OEM and one custom built, to Windows Vista. A short while after everything was working as I liked, Zune, XBOX 360 and Vista Ultimate happily … Continue reading

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“Shatter Resistant” does not mean “Shatter Proof”

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With Angus, at the Microsoft MVP Global Summit 2008

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One for fun – I am an MSN Butterfly

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